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Conifer, evergreen tree, the main leader grows upward with many twists, turns and an arching habit, while the lateral branches mound or hang downward to create a wall of green foliage. Grows more than 12 inches (30 cm) per year and will reach over 12 ft (3.75 m) high in 10 years.
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Sun, prefers neutral or slightly acid, well-drained, moist soils
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Hardy to USDA Zone 6 Apparently it was discovered in the valleys and slopes of Mt. Shasta in California (Jacobson). However, the term ‘Pendula’ is best considered a collective term of several different weeping clones. The name was published in France in 1853. 'Pendua' is sometimes even applied to P. menziesii ‘Glauca Pendula’, which has gray-green, not green, needles.